Wife in search for missing Briton

The wife of a British water bike rider who went missing off the coast of Bali is flying out to the island to continue the search for him.

Jeremy Hoyland, 41, of Penistone, South Yorkshire, encountered mechanical problems on 24 October and is believed to have been caught in a current.

No trace of him has yet been found but his wife Jacqui vowed to "leave no stone unturned".

She has mobile phone records which may help track her husband's movements.

Mrs Hoyland said: "I hope and pray he'll turn up but I really really don't know.

"My gut feeling says don't give up and I just don't feel it's time to stop trying.

"It doesn't make sense that no wreckage has been found."

This time the search will focus on a different area from the original one, after phone records she obtained recently showed her husband made his calls for help from just off the coast of Bali.

"It's the not knowing that's so hard - every time the phone rings I think it's him"
Jacqui Hoyland

"We've got some factual information about where Jeremy actually was when he went missing as opposed to where they searched for him, which was just off Lembongan island a few miles away, where he had been that day," said Mrs Hoyland.

She added that the original search had not lasted long enough.

Mr Hoyland's wife, brother and cousin will take to the sea and air if necessary to hunt for traces of him over the next week.

They will be accompanied by a liaison officer from South Yorkshire Police.

Mrs Hoyland will also meet the Indonesian ambassador, Yuri Octavian Thamrin, at the Indonesian Embassy in London on Friday to discuss the trip.

She hopes to gain his assurance that the search party will receive all the help it needs from the authorities in Bali, which may include permission to make use of boats and helicopters.

"We want to do a thorough search so we can know we've done everything we can," she said.

"It's the not knowing that's so hard - every time the phone rings I think it's him."

Mr Hoyland, a father of two, was an official for the International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) and had gone to Bali as race director in the 2008 Asia Beach Games.

He failed to return to Tanjung Benoa beach after going out on a water bike with friends to the nearby Nusa Lembongan islet.

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